West China Journal of Stomatology

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Study on Tumor Necrosis Factor-αand Interleukin 2 in Rat Skin Allograft

WANGJunlin,JINYan,LIUXiaoliang.   

  1. Department ofOralHistology andPathology,College ofStomatology,the FourthMilit- aryMedical University,Xi′an710032,China
  • Received:2003-12-25 Revised:2003-12-25 Online:2003-12-20 Published:2003-12-20

Abstract:

Objective To elucidate the histocompatibility of tissue engineered rat skin through studying the effect ofTNF- αand IL-2 in immunological rejection after rat skin allograft.Methods Tissue engineered skin thatthe basic materialswere taken from neonatal SD rats was cultured in lab, grafted to adult Wistar rats. The expressions of TNF-αand IL-2 in grafted tissue were detected with immunohistochemical staining and Western blot.Results The expressions of TNF-αand IL-2 were remarkable in skin allograft group, but low in tissue engineered skin group.Conclusion The expressions of TNF-αand IL-2 and the immuno- logical rejection were closely related after skin allograft, but the tissue engineered skin has favorable histocompatibility and doesn′t arose obvious immunological rejections.

Key words: tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-2, tissue engineering, allograft